but I have a friend from Peterborough who has. He has had a few people stay at his, including, a stand-up comedian who needed somewhere to stay after a gig and who was a really good bloke apparently, but has never been bothered to stay at anyone else's yet.

I've spoken to him about it a couple of times and all his experiences seem to have been positive, but he could just have been lucky. He never mentioned a signing-up fee, but I didn't ask.

so I have a bit of a soft spot for it, not that I've ever done it. My flatmate has had a fair amount people stay and they're usually nice. Had some weird German girls stay a few weeks ago that used about 7 rolls of toilet paper in two days.